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Live Album Recording

With pleasure and some considerable relief I am pleased to say the recording went well and no major sphericals were dropped in the process - Hurrah!

The long and short of that is there should be another album assaulting an unsuspecting public before too long.

Thanks to all those people who came along - I hope you had a great time - we certainly did.

Keep watching for more details.

Pirates!

See myspace at http://myspace.com/captainrumbucket for sound samples or click the Pirate tab above for details.

The boy's got a myspace thingy!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.myspace.com/roymette

Plugged is still doing well - thanks to all those who have emailed with favourable comments - And itunes as well!!!!!! I didn't know I was on there.....

"A man whose guitar playing leaves you gasping,
whose voice can turn from a gentle whisper to window-rattling bellow,
whose songwriting ability seems boundless and
whose interpretations of other people’s material always brings an individual twist,
Roy is deservedly gaining greater recognition
with appearances at Festivals throughout the UK and gigs in Europe." Digital Blues

"what a voice, what a guitar!" Blues Matters

"solo wizardry" CD Choice of the Month

"I just can't wait for the next album from Roy." The Blues Store

"It will cultivate in even the staunchest couch potato a sense of Golden Wonder".
Colin Sinclair, Orkney Blues Festival

A little bit Sean Connery, a little bit Roger Moore, handsome, kind, generous, sweet: these are just some of the words never used to describe Roy Mette.

So what is he? He is a guitarist, singer and songwriter who has been performing since the mid ‘70s. He plays solo or in bands; covers blues, rock and folk and has a jolly good time doing it!

Roy has released 8 full length CD’s to date, the most recent, 12 Bars & the Blues, on the Blues Matters record label to whom he is signed. His next CD, Plugged, will also be released on the Blues Matters label.

Known primarily as a blues artiste Roy branches out into folkier territory on occasion in order to perform some of the non-blues material he writes on an ongoing basis. Roy has recorded four mini CD's and these may be released in 2007 but more likely 2008 - they will be called Up the Folky End -Volumes 1 to 4.

For the record (no pun intended) Roy’s first recorded output was in 1980 with the NWoBHM band Warrior. This was a 10 inch vinyl single that seemed a good idea at the time but wouldn’t fit into any jukeboxes so had a limited appeal.

He stems from what became known as the Thames Delta blues scene during the Seventies. Scores of fine blues outfits spilled out from the area at that time – Mickey Jupp’s Legend, Dr Feelgood, The Kursaal Flyers, Eddie and the Hot Rods etc.

So now Roy plays mainly solo in clubs and around the festival circuit across the UK. Like others before him he’s stretching out and probing into areas where blues and British folk tradition meet, increasingly playing established, highly rated acoustic gigs and festivals in an attempt to prove his worth in a genre where songs demand a meaningful lyric.

Roy is a songwriter of some standing but live performance is where he really excels – go see him now!